How to put your phone down and get back into habit of reading books
After an English academic at Oxford complained about students’ attention spans, we get experts’ tips on enjoying the written word
Hamish MacGibbon obituary
Other lives: Educational publisher at Heinemann whose textbooks became market leaders in the UK and internationally
UK English curricula should focus on ‘inclusive and diverse’ stories, author says
Ex-children’s laureate Malorie Blackman says no student should feel English is irrelevant because they do not see themselves reflected in the literature
Exam Nation by Sammy Wright review – an essential lesson for Britain’s grade-obsessed education system
This entertaining, insightful study by a head teacher argues that schools have lost sight of the real point of learning and suggests ways to fix this
Anne Fine: children should be allowed to learn online instead of going to school
Former children’s laureate says rather than punishing absenteeism the UK’s education system should change
DoJ and 16 states back lawsuit targeting LGBTQ+ book ban in Georgia schools
Court briefs outline how book ban creates hostile environment including discrimination based on sex
Dozens of UK school librarians asked to remove LGBTQ+ books, survey finds
Index on Censorship said 53% of librarians polled had been asked to remove books – and that in more than half of those cases books were taken off shelves
Are studies of great authors doomed as fewer students take English literature at university?
Not only will literary criticism wither, but we risk losing the campus novel entirely
Exam Nation by Sammy Wright review – testing times
A teacher’s view of a schools system in crisis – and how we can fix it
The big idea: should we abolish exams?
At the moment, we use academic results to assign social worth. That has to change
‘The arts stop us killing each other’: stars tell Labour how to rescue Britain’s downtrodden culture
Steve McQueen, Tracey Emin, Steve Coogan, Adjoa Andoh, Danny Dyer, Jesse Darling and many more spell out what must be done to restore Britain’s cultural lifeblood, from ending elitism to supercharging libraries – and flooding schools with music
Rampant slaughter! Sexy armour! Tiger maulings! We bust the gladiator myths
As swords and sandals make a bloody return to the screen, the ‘Colosseum consultant’ who advises all the epic productions about accuracy tells us why he is ‘paid to be ignored’
Academic journals are a lucrative scam – and we’re determined to change that
Giant publishers are bleeding universities dry, with profit margins that rival Google’s. So we decided to start our own, says academic Arash Abizadeh
Sandy Brownjohn obituary
Other lives: Poet and educator whose books transformed the teaching of poetry-writing in schools
‘Reading’s in danger’: Frank Cottrell-Boyce on books, kids – and the explosive power of Heidi
He has written hit films like 24 Hour Party People and cooked up the Queen’s Olympic skydive. But now, having been crowned Children’s Laureate, he’s on a mission to show kids that books will change their lives